Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 439 476
Rank change year-on-year -126 +37 +37
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 69 82 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 2.42% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 26 31
10th Percentile £213 £463 £200
25th Percentile £450 £500 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +44.74% -8.98%
75th Percentile £616 £609 £463
90th Percentile £725 £613 £575
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £380
% change year-on-year +6.98% +41.63% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +120.34%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +91.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,293 3,382 4,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.40% 12.19% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,097 2,490
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.52% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 168 266
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £28.52 £43.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.67% -22.86% -1.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -7.50% -10.56%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 24 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -68 26 £600 +9.09% 4
North of England -45 25 £595 -0.83% 5
North West -28 21 £608 +1.33% 3
Midlands -44 9 £225 -59.09% 3
West Midlands -44 9 £225 -59.09% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £400 - 1
South West -43 3 £583 +1.30%
South East -92 3 - - 4
East of England -41 1 £475 -8.65% 1
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.45%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.94%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.70%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (66.67%) Firewall
2 37 (53.62%) NX-OS
3 33 (47.83%) BGP
4 27 (39.13%) VLAN
5 26 (37.68%) WAN
6 23 (33.33%) DNS
6 23 (33.33%) Wireless
7 21 (30.43%) DHCP
8 19 (27.54%) OSPF
9 15 (21.74%) NAS
9 15 (21.74%) SAN
9 15 (21.74%) Structured Cabling
9 15 (21.74%) VPN
10 13 (18.84%) SD-WAN
11 11 (15.94%) IOS XR
12 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
13 9 (13.04%) Ethernet
13 9 (13.04%) LAN
13 9 (13.04%) Network Security
14 8 (11.59%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Finance
5 3 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.90%) Police
6 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.45%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Publishing
7 1 (1.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (60.87%) Network Engineer
2 18 (26.09%) Architect
3 11 (15.94%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (15.94%) Senior
4 10 (14.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 9 (13.04%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Automation Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Technical Architect
8 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Support Technician
8 6 (8.70%) Help Desk Technician
8 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Support Technician
9 5 (7.25%) Network Architect
10 4 (5.80%) Senior Cisco Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
11 2 (2.90%) Cabling Engineer
11 2 (2.90%) Deployment Engineer
11 2 (2.90%) Security Architect
11 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) Terraform
2 4 (5.80%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.80%) Jinja
3 1 (1.45%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.45%) REST
3 1 (1.45%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (44.93%) Data Centre
2 10 (14.49%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.70%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.90%) CMDB
4 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) BYOD
5 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.45%) Life Science
5 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.45%) SCADA
5 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 7 (10.14%) Android
3 5 (7.25%) Linux
4 2 (2.90%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.45%) CentOS
5 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) ITSM
2 15 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
3 11 (15.94%) Mentoring
4 10 (14.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (14.49%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (13.04%) Migration
6 8 (11.59%) CI/CD
6 8 (11.59%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (10.14%) AI
7 7 (10.14%) Asset Management
7 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (10.14%) Customer Service
8 6 (8.70%) Agile
8 6 (8.70%) Analytics
8 6 (8.70%) Customer Experience
8 6 (8.70%) DevOps
8 6 (8.70%) ITIL
8 6 (8.70%) Problem Management
9 5 (7.25%) Network Architecture
9 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (36.23%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) Perl
2 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.45%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (52.17%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (47.83%) CCNP
3 23 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 19 (27.54%) SC Cleared
5 18 (26.09%) CCNA
6 14 (20.29%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (20.29%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (10.14%) CCIE
7 7 (10.14%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.35%) Degree
9 1 (1.45%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) SLA
2 3 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.80%) vSphere
4 3 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.90%) Docker
6 1 (1.45%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (26.09%) Ansible
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.70%) SCCM
3 3 (4.35%) Nagios
4 2 (2.90%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (2.90%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.45%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (28.99%) Fortinet
3 16 (23.19%) ServiceNow
4 12 (17.39%) Arista
4 12 (17.39%) Palo Alto
5 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
6 9 (13.04%) Juniper
7 7 (10.14%) VMware
8 6 (8.70%) Canon
9 5 (7.25%) Meraki
10 4 (5.80%) F5
11 3 (4.35%) SevOne
11 3 (4.35%) SolarWinds
12 2 (2.90%) FireEye
12 2 (2.90%) McAfee
12 2 (2.90%) NetScout
12 2 (2.90%) Splunk
13 1 (1.45%) Apple
13 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.45%) Siemens